@inbook{dc2b7c790f824532a6b002a7ec119c8d,
title = "Introduction: Engineering requirements for aerospace composite materials",
abstract = "The growing use of composite material has arisen from their high specific strength and stiffness, when compared to the more conventional materials, and the ability to tailor their structure to produce more aerodynamically efficient structural configurations. In this introductory chapter, it is argued that fibre reinforced polymers, especially carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP), can and will in the near future contribute more than 50% of the structural mass of an aircraft. Of course, affordability is the key to survival in aerospace, whether civil or military, and therefore effort should be devoted to low cost manufacturing methods in addition to analysis and computational simulation of the manufacturing and assembly process. The simulation of the structural performance should not be neglected, since they are intimately connected.",
keywords = "Analysis, Applications, Composites, Damage mechanisms, Design, Interface, Laminates, Manufacturing processes",
author = "C. Soutis",
year = "2014",
month = sep,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-85709-523-7.00001-3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780857095237",
series = "Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering",
publisher = "Woodhead Publishing",
pages = "1--18",
editor = "P.E. Irving and C. Soutis",
booktitle = "Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry",
address = "United Kingdom",
}